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Michael Leunig
Michael Leunig (born 2 June 1945), typically referred to as Leunig (his signature on his cartoons), is an Australian cartoonist, poet and cultural commentator. His best known works include "The Adventures of Vasco Pyjama" and the "Curly Flats" series. He was declared an Australian Living Treasure by the ... |
Big Pig Gig
The Big Pig Gig and Big Pig Gig: Do-Re-Wee were public art exhibits on display in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, in the summers of 2000 and 2012, respectively. Local artists and schools decorated hundreds of full-sized fiberglass pig statues and installed them throughout the downtown area. The events were... |
Big on Love
Big on Love is a song by Australian new wave rock band Models. It was released as a single on 18 November 1984, well ahead of the album, "Out of Mind, Out of Sight", which appeared in August the following year. It peaked at No. 24 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in 1984. It was produced fo... |
Pig wrestling
Pig wrestling (also known as pig scramble and with the variants hog wrestling and greased pig catching) is a type of game sometimes played at agricultural shows such as state and county fairs, in which contestants, usually children or young adults, try to grab a slippery pig. In the most common version of... |
Jach'a Khuchi
Jach'a Khuchi (Aymara "jach'a" big, "khuchi" pig, "big pig", also spelled "Jachcha Kochi") is a 4464 m mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is located in the Cochabamba Department, in the east of the Bolívar Province. Jach'a Khuchi lies northwest of Sirk'i. |
WPIG
WPIG is an FM radio station located in Olean, New York. Branded as “95.7 The Big Pig,” the station operates at 95.7 MHz on the FM dial and operates a mainstream country music format. It is owned by Community Broadcasters, LLC. |
Big Pig
Big Pig were an Australian funk, rock and pop band that existed from 1985 to 1991. An early line-up was Sherine on lead vocals and percussion (ex-Editions, Bang); Tony Antonaides on vocals and harmonica; Neil Baker on drums; Nick Disbray on vocals and percussion; Tim Rosewarne on vocals and keyboards (ex-Bang);... |
Philippine warty pig
The Philippine warty pig, "Sus philippensis", is one of four known species in the pig genus ("Sus") endemic to the Philippines. The other three endemic species are the Visayan warty pig ("S. cebifrons"), Mindoro warty pig ("S. oliveri") and the Palawan bearded pig ("S. ahoenobarbus"), also being ra... |
Big Pig Jig
The Big Pig Jig (official name Slosheye Trail Big Pig Jig) is a barbecue cooking competition held annually in Vienna, Georgia. It is the state pork cook-off of Georgia. |
Bonk (album)
Bonk is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Big Pig. It was released in March 1988 on White Label Records. The album went gold, then platinum in Australia with three top-twenty singles ("Hungry Town", "Breakaway" and "Big Hotel"). The album was released in America by A&M Records in 1988, and the... |
Sherine Abeyratne
Sherine Yvonne Abeyratne is an Australian singer. She and her twin sister, Suzanne, are London-born Australian-raised vocalists who often sang together as backing singers of a number of groups including Models, INXS and U2. They also pursued their own separate careers; for example, Sherine provided le... |
Martial arts film
Martial arts film is a film genre. A subgenre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous martial arts fights between characters. They are usually the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often are a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial art... |
Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan
Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan (or PAK MMA) is the premiere mixed martial arts (MMA) and martial arts promotion based in Pakistan that was created in December 2007 by Bashir Ahmad to promote martial arts (and martial sports such as boxing and wrestling) styles in Pakistan with a particular focu... |
Casanova Wong
Casanova Wong, also known as Ka Sat Fat (卡薩伐), is a former Korean martial arts actor born in 1945 as Yong-ho Kim in Gimje, South Korea. An expert in tae kwon do, he is a leg-fighter, and is well known for his spin kicks and was nicknamed "The Human Tornado" in the Republic of Korea Army. He made many appe... |
Johnny Cage
Johnny Cage is a fictional character from the "Mortal Kombat" fighting game franchise. He debuted as one of the series' original seven characters in the first "Mortal Kombat", and has since become a staple of the series. Created as a parody of martial arts actor and famous karate practitioner Jean-Claude Va... |
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (born 18 October 1960), professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme and abbreviated as JCVD, is a Belgian actor, martial artist, screenwriter, film producer, and director best known for his martial arts action films. The most successful of these films i... |
Kane Kosugi
Kane Kosugi (ケイン・コスギ , Kein Kosugi ) , born Takeshi Kosugi (小杉 健 , Kosugi Takeshi , born October 11, 1974, in Los Angeles, California) , is an American martial artist and martial arts actor of direct Japanese and Chinese descent. He is the son of martial arts film star Sho Kosugi. In Japan, Kosugi is consid... |
James Lew
James Jene Fae Lew (born September 6, 1952) is an American martial arts actor. He has made 80 on-screen film and television appearances and 46 more as a stunt coordinator or stunt double. He has done choreography for movies like "Get Smart", "Killers" and the cult classic "Big Trouble In Little China", as wel... |
Hybrid martial arts
Hybrid martial arts, also known as hybrid fighting systems or sometimes eclectic martial arts or freestyle fighting, refer to martial arts or fighting systems that incorporate techniques and theories from several particular martial arts (eclecticism). While numerous martial arts borrow or adapt from... |
Jet Li: Rise to Honor
Jet Li: Rise to Honor is a video game released in 2004 for the PlayStation 2. The game features the likeness, voice acting and motion capture work of martial arts actor Jet Li, and features martial arts choreography by Corey Yuen. |
Taimak
Taimak (pronounced Tie-Mock) Guarriello (born June 27, 1964) is a martial arts actor and stuntman, best known for his role as Leroy Green in the 1985 martial arts film "The Last Dragon". |
Robert Nuttall
Robert Nuttall (1 May 1908 – 10 January 1983) was an English footballer who played as a winger or as a centre forward during his carer. Born in Tottington, Lancashire, he began his playing career with his hometown club before joining Football League Third Division North side Nelson in February 1931. One ... |
Walter Davis (footballer)
Walter Otto Davis (29 September 1888 – 20 May 1937) was a Welsh professional footballer who played at centre forward for Millwall for ten years in the 1910s. He also made five appearances for the Welsh national team. |
FK Sarajevo
Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (English: Sarajevo Football Club ) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country. Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sarajevo was the most successful club from SR Bosnia in form... |
William Morton (footballer)
William Morton was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. Most likely born in Northumberland, he played the majority of his career in local-league football but also had spells in The Football League. Morton played for Bedlington P.M. and Newbiggin West End before joining Third... |
King's College Hospital RFC
King's College Hospital RFC is an open rugby union club founded in the 19th century as a football club whose representatives were made up of medics from King's College Hospital. In its original form it was one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union, and produced a num... |
Wally Dreyer
Walter Otto "Wally" Dreyer (February 25, 1923September 27, 2002) was a professional American football defensive back/halfback in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears (1949) and the Green Bay Packers (1950). He later served as head coach of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Pant... |
List of Milton Keynes Dons F.C. seasons
Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (usually abbreviated to MK Dons) is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, founded in 2004. The club was formed from Wimbledon F.C. after the latter had relocated to Milton Keynes. The club renam... |
Tom Pickering
Thomas Pickering (born 1906, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Born in Egremont, Cumberland, he started his career playing local league football with his hometown club, before joining Football League Third Division North side Nelson as an amateur... |
Yarraville Football Club
Yarraville Football Club was an Australian rules football club founded in 1903 and played in the VJFA until 1927. In 1928, the club joined the Victorian Football Association where it played until 1984 when the club went into recess. In 1996, the Kingsville Football Club in the Western Region Fo... |
NK Branik Maribor
Nogometni Klub Branik Maribor (English: Branik Maribor Football Club ), known as NK Branik or simply Branik, was an association football club based in the city of Maribor. Founded on 29 January 1949 they traced their origin back to 1919 and the establishment of I. SSK Maribor (Slovene: "1. Slovenski Š... |
T30 Howitzer Motor Carriage
The T30 Howitzer Motor Carriage (HMC) was a United States Army self-propelled gun used in World War II. Its design was based on requirements for an assault gun issued by the Armored Force in 1941 and it was built as an interim solution until a fully tracked design was complete. |
Hiram Maxim
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 – 24 November 1916) was an American-born inventor who moved from the United States to the United Kingdom at the age of 41. He remained an American citizen until he became a naturalised British subject in 1900. He was the inventor of the Maxim Gun – the first portable... |
Verisk Analytics
The company was privately held until its October 6, 2009, initial public offering, which raised $1.9 billion for several of the large insurance companies that were its primary shareholders, making it the largest IPO in the United States for the year 2009. The firm did not raise any funds for itself in ... |
Maxim gun
The Maxim gun was a weapon invented by American-British inventor Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1883: it was the first recoil-operated machine gun. It has been called "the weapon most associated with the British imperial conquest", and likewise was used in colonial wars by other countries between 1886–1914. |
Joey Maxim
Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli (March 28, 1922 – June 2, 2001) was an American professional boxer. He was a World Light Heavyweight Champion. He took the ring-name Joey Maxim from the Maxim gun, the world's first self-acting machine gun, based on his ability to rapidly throw a large number of left jabs. |
Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company
The Maxim-Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company was the result of a takeover by Hiram Maxim of Thorsten Nordenfelt's Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company in 1888. Rothschild issued £1.9 million of shares to finance the merger. Nathan Rothschild retained a substantial shar... |
Hudson Maxim
Hudson Maxim (February 3, 1853 – May 6, 1927), was a U.S. inventor and chemist who invented a variety of explosives, including smokeless gunpowder, Thomas Edison referred to him as "the most versatile man in America". He was the brother of Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim gun and uncle of Hiram P... |
MG 08
The "Maschinengewehr" 08, or MG 08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War I and is an adaptation of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim gun. It was produced in a number of variants during the war. The MG 08 served during World War II as a heavy machine gun in many German infantry divisions, alt... |
William Cantelo
William Cantelo (born 1839) was a 19th-century British inventor. Credited with developing an early machine gun, he disappeared from his home in Southampton in the 1880s. While trying to find Cantelo, his two sons saw a photograph of American born inventor Hiram Maxim, creator of the Maxim gun; his super... |
Beretta M1918
The Beretta Model 1918 was a submachine gun that entered service in 1918 with the Italian armed forces. Designed initially as a semi-automatic rifle, the weapon came with an overhead inserted magazine, an unconventional design based on the simplicity of allowing a spent round to be replaced using only gra... |
Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize is an annual award presented by The Center for Fiction, a non-profit organization in New York City, for the best debut novel. From 2006 to 2011, it was called the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize in honor of John Turner Sargent, Sr., and... |
Dengeki Novel Prize
The Dengeki Novel Prize (電撃小説大賞 , Dengeki Shōsetsu Taishō ) is a literary award handed out annually (since 1994) by the Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) for their Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint. The contest has discovered many popular and successful light novelists, like... |
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen (born March 13, 1971) is a Vietnamese American novelist. He is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Nguyen's debut novel, "The Sympathizer", won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction amon... |
Dengeki Bunko
Dengeki Bunko (電撃文庫 ) is a publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks). It was established in June 1993 with the publication of "Hyōryū Densetsu Crystania" volume one, and is a light novel imprint aimed at a male audience. The editors in charg... |
Media Works Bunko
Media Works Bunko (メディアワークス文庫 , Media Wākusu Bunko ) is a publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works. It was established on December 16, 2009 with the publication of eight novels, and is a mainstream novel imprint aimed at a general audience. The imprint is an... |
Nida Jay
Nida Jay (born September 2, 1985) is a Pakistani novelist who writes in the English language. She is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Dunnen First Novel Prize. The debut novel "Heart of Eternity" published by Mirador has gained world-wide plaudits and recognition making Jay an i... |
Paul Lynch (writer)
Paul Lynch is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed Irish writer living in Dublin, Ireland. He was born in Limerick in 1977 and grew up in Co. Donegal, Ireland. His first novel, Red Sky in Morning, won him acclaim in the United States and France, where the book was a finalist for France's pres... |
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew is a book by Shehan Karunatilaka. The book uses cricket as a device to write about Sri Lankan society. It tells the story of an alcoholic journalist's quest to track down a missing cricketer of the 1980s. The book was critically hailed, winni... |
Sara Mannheimer
Sara Mannheimer (born 26 May 1967 in Lund) is a Swedish novelist. She hails from Gothenburg and was educated in the US, Holland, and the Czech Republic. Her debut novel "Reglerna" ("The Rules", 2008) was nominated for the August Prize and won the debut writers' prize from "Borås Tidning" newspaper. Anot... |
Kushaleshwar Temple
Kushaleswar Temple is situated in the district of Keonjhar, at a distance of 90 km from Keonjhar city and 8 km from Anandapur. The temple is located in the bank of river Kusai. It was built during the 9th century AD. This temple pays homage to Lord Kushaleswar. The temple was built in Panchamukhi st... |
Lea County Regional Airport
Lea County Regional Airport (IATA: HOB, ICAO: KHOB) (Lea County-Hobbs Airport) is four miles (6.4 km) west of Hobbs, in Lea County, New Mexico. The airport covers 898 acre and has three runways. It is an FAA certified commercial airport served by United Airlines' affiliate with daily regiona... |
Albany International Airport
Albany International Airport (IATA: ALB, ICAO: KALB, FAA LID: ALB) is a public airport seven miles (11 km) northwest of Albany, in Albany County, New York, United States. It is owned by the Albany County Airport Authority. |
Eagle County Regional Airport
Eagle County Regional Airport (IATA: EGE, ICAO: KEGE, FAA LID: EGE) (Vail/Eagle Airport or the Eagle Vail Airport) is four miles (6 km) west of Eagle, Colorado. The airport serves its namesake Eagle County, which includes visitors to the nearby Vail and Beaver Creek ski resorts. It covers ... |
Raleigh Executive Jetport
Raleigh Exec: The Raleigh Executive Jetport @ Sanford-Lee County or Raleigh Exec Jetport at Sanford-Lee CountyFAA Airport Master Record for TTA (Form 5010 ) (ICAO: KTTA, FAA LID: TTA) is a public use airport located seven nautical miles (8 mi, 13 km) northeast of the central business district ... |
Sharp County Regional Airport
Sharp County Regional Airport (IATA: CKK, ICAO: KCVK, FAA LID: CVK) is a public-use airport in Sharp County, Arkansas, United States. It is located three nautical miles (4 mi, 6 km) northeast of the central business district of Ash Flat, Arkansas. The airport is owned by the Sharp County R... |
Dane County Regional Airport
Dane County Regional Airport (DCRA) (IATA: MSN, ICAO: KMSN, FAA LID: MSN) (Truax Field) is a civil-military airport located six miles northeast of downtown Madison, the capital of Wisconsin. In the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–20... |
Pensacola International Airport
Pensacola International Airport (IATA: PNS, ICAO: KPNS, FAA LID: PNS) , formerly Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport and Pensacola Regional Airport (Hagler Field), is a public use airport three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Pensacola, in Escambia C... |
Elizabeth City Regional Airport
Elizabeth City Regional Airport (IATA: ECG, ICAO: KECG, FAA LID: ECG) is a joint civil-military public and military use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Elizabeth City, in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States. The airpo... |
Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority
The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA) is the governing authority of Harrisburg International Airport, Capital City Airport, Franklin County Regional Airport and Gettysburg Regional Airport in south-central Pennsylvania. SARAA was incorporated on September 9,... |
Truax Field Air National Guard Base
Truax Field Air National Guard Base (IATA: MSN, ICAO: KMSN, FAA LID: MSN) , also known as Truax Field, is a military facility located at Dane County Regional Airport. It is located five miles (8 km) northeast of the center of Madison, a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. |
Emerald Cove
Emerald Cove ( ) is a cove 2 nmi wide, lying between North Foreland and Brimstone Peak on the north coast of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name "Shireff's Cove" (with one 'r') was given by William Smith in 1819, after Captain William H. Shirreff of the Royal Navy, to whom he report... |
List of sea stacks
The following list enumerates and expands on notable sea stacks, including former sea stacks that no longer exist. |
SIBC
SIBC (short for Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company) is a local independent commercial radio station broadcasting in the Shetland Islands. Its coverage area is Shetland, parts of Orkney, and some 75,000 sqmi of sea-lanes, fishing grounds, and offshore oil fields. The station, which is owned and operated by husba... |
Setter Hill
Setter Hill is a hill in western Whalsay, Shetland Islands, Scotland. It lies to the southeast of the village of Marrister and northeast of the main village on the island, Symbister. The source of Scarfmoor Burn is on the southeastern side of Setter Hill. On its eastern side is the Loch of Houll. There is a... |
Drangarnir
Drangarnir is the collective name for two sea stacks between the islet Tindhólmur and the island Vágar in the Faroe Islands. The individual names of the sea stacks are "Stóri Drangur" (en: Large cliff) and "Lítli Drangur" (en: Small cliff). |
Shetland Islands Area Council election, 1982
An election to Shetland Islands Council was held on 6 May 1982 as part of the Scottish local Regional elections, 1982 and yielded a swing to candidates supportive of Home Rule for the islands. Whilst no candidates appeared on the ballot as members of the Shetland Movement (a... |
Stewart Stacks
Stewart Stacks is a group of prominent sea stacks, one of them rising to 25 m, lying between Rugged Island and Astor Island in the northeast of Osogovo Bay, western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers. |
Anvil Stacks
The Anvil Stacks ( ) are two conspicuous sea stacks which lie close south of the entrance to Elephant Cove, off the south coast and near the west end of South Georgia. The name Elephant Bay Islands, derived from nearby Elephant Cove (formerly Elephant Bay), has been used locally for this feature by some So... |
Farallon Islands
The Farallon Islands, or Farallones (from the Spanish "farallón" meaning "pillar" or "sea cliff"), are a group of islands and sea stacks in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States. The islands are also sometimes referred to by mariners as the "Devil's Teeth... |
Papa Stour
Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of under twenty people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s. Located to the west of mainland Shetland and with an area of 828 hectares (3.2 square miles), Papa Stour is the eighth largest island in Shetlan... |
Britain's Next Top Model (cycle 11)
Britain's Next Top Model, cycle 11 is the eleventh cycle of "Britain's Next Top Model". The cycle began to air on 16 March 2017. Abbey Clancy returned as host alongside Paul Sculfor, Nicky Johnston and Hilary Alexander as the judging panel. |
Britain's Next Top Model (cycle 12)
Britain's Next Top Model, cycle 12 is the twelveth cycle of "Britain's Next Top Model". The cycle will begin airing on 19 October 2017. Abbey Clancy returned as host alongside Nicky Johnston back to be a judge and Max Rogers first time joined. |
Sean Clancy
Sean Thomas Clancy (born 16 September 1987) is an English footballer who plays as either a left back or left midfielder. He is the brother of model Abbey Clancy, who is married to fellow footballer Peter Crouch. |
IFK Hässleholm
IFK Hässleholm is a Swedish football club from Hässleholm that was established in 1905. The team is currently playing in Division 2 Östra Götaland. Several well known players have played at the club including England international striker Peter Crouch as well as Swedish footballers Jon Jönsson, Andreas D... |
Abbey Clancy
Abigail Marie "Abbey" Clancy (born 10 January 1986) is an English lingerie and catwalk model and television presenter. She is married to footballer Peter Crouch, was the runner-up of "Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 2" and won series 11 of "Strictly Come Dancing" in 2013. |
Ian Ormondroyd
Ian Ormondroyd (born 22 September 1964 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is an English retired footballer. Ormondroyd became famous for his height and build, similar manner to that of Peter Crouch. |
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United Kingdom's most notable religious buildings and the traditional place of... |
Jasmia Robinson
Jasmia Tyshier Robinson (born 21 April 1987) is a model and singer. Robinson came 3rd in the second series of Britain's Next Top Model which also featured Abbey Clancy. Robinson has worked with the likes of L’Oreal, Sensationnel and Burberry. Robinson is now developing a music career and writes for NXG ... |
Jon Jönsson
Jon Jönsson (born July 8, 1983) is a Swedish football player who plays for IF Elfsborg in the Swedish Allsvenskan. Jönsson made his first team debut in IFK Hässleholm aged 15, and his talent was recognised by Tottenham Hotspur who brought him to London. In return IFK Hässleholm received roughly £70,000 and ... |
Clones Abbey
Clones Abbey is a ruined monastery that later became an Augustinian abbey in the twelfth century, and its main sights are ecclesiastical. The Abbey was formerly known as St. Tighernach Abbey, and was referred to locally as the "wee abbey". Parochial and monastic settlements were separated, and it seems lik... |
Herbert West
Herbert West is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft for his short story "Herbert West—Reanimator", first published in 1922. There have been several film adaptations of the story including Herbert West as played by Jeffrey Combs in the "Re-Animator (film series)" which include the 1985 "Re-Anim... |
Hack/Slash
Hack/Slash is a comic book series, launched from several one shots of the same name, published by Image Comics (previously by Devil's Due Publishing). The series was created by writer and sometime penciller Tim Seeley. The series follows horror victim Cassie Hack as she strikes back at the monsters who prey ... |
Re-Animator
Re-Animator, also known as H. P. Lovecraft's Re-Animator, is a 1985 American science-fiction horror comedy film loosely based on the H. P. Lovecraft episodic novella "Herbert West–Reanimator". Directed by Stuart Gordon and produced by Brian Yuzna, the film stars Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West, a scientist wh... |
Herbert West–Reanimator
"Herbert West–Reanimator" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written between October 1921 and June 1922. It was first serialized in February through July 1922 in the amateur publication "Home Brew". The story was the basis of the 1985 horror film "Re-Animator" and... |
Frank Doel
Frank Percy Doel (14 July 1908 – 22 December 1968) was an antiquarian bookseller for Marks & Co in London, England who achieved posthumous fame as the recipient of a series of humorous letters from American author Helene Hanff, to which he scrupulously and, at first, very formally replied. The shop where he ... |
Re-Animator (film series)
Re-Animator is a film series consisting of three horror films directed by Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna. They are based on the 1922 short story "Herbert West–Reanimator" by H. P. Lovecraft. The lead character, Herbert West, is portrayed by actor Jeffrey Combs in all three films. |
Robert Bridges
Robert Seymour Bridges, OM (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was Britain's poet laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is the author of many well-known hymns. It was through Bridges’ efforts that Gera... |
Bride of Re-Animator
Bride of Re-Animator is a 1990 American science-fiction horror film directed by Brian Yuzna and was written by Yuzna, Rick Fry and Woody Keith. H. P. Lovecraft wrote the original serialized story, titled "Herbert West–Reanimator", from which the characters were derived. The plot roughly follows epi... |
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( ; August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. He was virtually unknown and published only in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, but he is now regarded as one of the most signific... |
Miskatonic University
Miskatonic University is a fictional university located in Arkham, a fictitious town in Essex County, Massachusetts. It is named after the Miskatonic River (also fictional). After first appearing in H. P. Lovecraft's 1922 story "Herbert West–Reanimator", the school appeared in numerous Cthulhu Myt... |
Chelsea Horror Hotel
Chelsea Horror Hotel: A Novel is a 2001 novel by Dee Dee Ramone, a member of the punk band The Ramones. It was released 13 months before Dee Dee died due to a heroin overdose. The book follows Dee Dee as he dictates daily events at the Hotel Chelsea in New York City with his wife Barbra and dog Ban... |
Dee Dee Ramone I.C.L.C.
Dee Dee Ramone I.C.L.C. (Inter-Celestial Light Commune) was a solo project by Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone. |
The Ramainz
The Ramainz were a U.S. tribute band to the Ramones. Its members included Dee Dee Ramone, Marky Ramone, Dee Dee's wife Barbara Zampini (also known as Barbara Ramone) and C. J. Ramone. They were known as The Remains until 1999 but had to change the spelling due to another band already using the name. They re... |
Dee Dee Ramone and the Chinese Dragons
Dee Dee Ramone and the Chinese Dragons was a band fronted by former Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone. It was formed in March 1992, and was the second post-Ramones band for Dee Dee, following Dee Dee Ramone and the Spikey Tops. The band was made up of Ramone on guitar and vocals, for... |
Poison Heart
"Poison Heart" is the 1992 single by the Ramones written by ex-bassist Dee Dee Ramone. It has a different pace to normal Ramones works. It was given to the band in exchange for bailing Dee Dee out of jail. The song was also included in the film "Pet Sematary Two" (1992). The song's video was directed by Sa... |
Rockaway Beach (song)
"Rockaway Beach" is a song by the American punk rock band the Ramones from their 1977 album "Rocket to Russia". The song was written by bassist Dee Dee Ramone in the style of the Beach Boys and early surf rock bands. The song is about Rockaway Beach, Queens, where Dee Dee liked to spend time. Guit... |
Dum Dum Girls
Dum Dum Girls are an American rock band, formed in 2008. It began as the bedroom recording project of singer and songwriter Dee Dee (née Kristin Gundred). She is currently based in New York City. The name is a double homage to the Vaselines' album "Dum Dum" and the Iggy Pop song "Dum Dum Boys". Critics in... |
Animal Boy
Animal Boy is the ninth studio album released by the American punk band the Ramones through Sire Records on May 19, 1986. Due to conflicts within the group, the album features less of lead singer Joey Ramone, both in performing and writing, and less of lead guitarist Johnny Ramone. Bassist Dee Dee Ramone wro... |
Dee Dee Phelps
Dee Dee Phelps (born Mary Sperling) is a singer-songwriter and author from Santa Monica, California, best known as half the popular 1960s musical duo Dick and Dee Dee. She became a professional writer in 2007, publishing her award-winning memoir "Vinyl Highway". In 2008, Dee Dee joined with singer/actor ... |
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